Ethical Code

Integrity, as a complex of values and moral qualities, is a prerequisite for anyone belonging to a group of people working in a company.

Those who really participate in company life must pursue morality in thought, honesty in behaviour, loyalty in relationships and fairness in actions.
“A VALUELESS COMPANY IS A WORTHLESS COMPANY”

CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility

A DUE believes in the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility as an integral part of its strategic view and adopts responsible behaviour in the ethical, social and sustainable development fields.

ACTIONS IN FAVOUR OF THE QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE

A DUE considers its employees to be a resource to protect and invest in.A DUE adopts policies to reconcile family and professional life with part-time contracts and flexible working hours that are adapted to personal requirements.
As a means of professional and personal growth of its cooperators, A DUE promotes training courses, meetings with suppliers and the participation in sector trade fairs of international importance.

ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT

A DUE has adopted a quality and environmental safety policy with particular attention paid to:

Saving natural resources: PAPER, WATER, ELECTRIC ENERGY, FUEL;

Reducing the production of waste and increasing the relevant recyclable portion;

Reducing CO2 emissions;

Green engineering: “We believe in a future in which the safety of the environment and productivity can coexist. We design and construct machinery that is able to reach the best ecological performances (the reduction of energy and water consumption, the reduction of waste, the reduction of the environmental impact due to packaging and transport), while meeting the highest quality standards”.

ACTIONS OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY

A DUE for the third year running supports the Non-Governmental Organisation “Parma per gli Altri”.
“Parma per gli Altri” carries out development projects in Africa: in the Ethiopian Municipality Shelallà and in the Gash-Barka Region of Eritrea. The projects are aimed at developing the infrastructures, the basic sociomedical services, primary education, water supplies and small income-generating activities of the local communities.A DUE in May 2010 took part in the guaranteed free mobility project promoted by the Fornovo town council, sponsoring a social taxi for the free transport of persons with limited mobility (the disabled, the elderly living alone or persons with limited mobility due to physical, psychic, social or family problems).A DUE through CARITAS supported reconstruction after the earthquake in Abruzzo.A DUE also sponsors, with smaller but regular contributions, various local associations, such as the town band, the local tourist board (Proloco), the Italian Association of Volunteer Blood (AVIS) and the local ambulance service (Assistenza Pubblica).

ACTIONS TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE

Da diversi anni A DUE has been sponsoring the Fornovo Swimming Club (Nuotatori Fornovo) for several years, because it believes in the importance of sport for young people, its educative and formative aims based on fair play, sportiness and physical exercise.A DUE organises meetings with young students to promote the association and interaction of the school situation with the working world, in particular with the mechanical industry which, along with the agricultural and food industry, forms the productive fabric of the province of Parma.